Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Team Player
- Understand DevOps model (end to end) & experience in automating the software dev/test/deployment lifecycle with continuous integration and continuous deployment.
- Working with the rest of the team to deploy, maintain, and run a highly available, multi-tenant distributed system
- Automating both the infrastructure creation and the application deployment to that environment
- Supporting Linux systems internals and administration
- Build & maintain different flavors of Kubernetes clusters on-prem & public cloud
- Support application teams to address the issues faced
- Develop agents are automate the day to day work by adopting AI capabilities
- Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regard to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
Required Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Experience in supporting Oncall and addressing war rooms, P1 & P2 tickets
- Working experience on applying SRE concepts
- Experience with scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting actively running systems.
- Solid hands-on experience with DevOps tool chains and practices
- Expertise in leveraging Open Source Software technologies to solve business problems
- Solid cross-organizational collaboration skills
- Life cycle management of Linux servers which includes Server provisioning, Build, Kick start, decommission and configuring servers using Configuration management tools like (ansible / Chef /Terraform)
- Working knowledge of managing different flavors of Kubernetes clusters on-prem & Public Clouds (AWS, AZURE & GCP)
- Expert in working with Docker and Kubernetes
- Expert in tools such as Monit, ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana etc.
- Expert in scripting tools like shell & Python
- Development experience with the tools Terraform, GoLang, GitOps
- Skills to recommend solutions to host an application / designing the application hosting strategy
- Development skill to auto heal of system alerts
- Addressing different customer on email/ chatops and one on one meetings/calls with customers
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone - of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income - deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
Skills Required
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Experience in supporting Oncall and addressing war rooms, P1 & P2 tickets
- Working experience on applying SRE concepts
- Solid hands-on experience with DevOps tool chains and practices
- Expert in working with Docker and Kubernetes
- Expert in scripting tools like shell & Python
- Development experience with tools like Terraform, GoLang, GitOps
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple plan types with employer HSA contributions, in‑network preventive care at 100%, and included 24/7 virtual visits, alongside dental and vision options. This breadth allows predictable copay choices or tax‑advantaged HSA designs to fit different usage needs.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with employer match eligibility and full vesting over time plus an Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a discount. Together these elements support long‑term savings and ownership.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include six weeks paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and subsidized Bright Horizons back‑up care. Emotional well‑being resources like a premium Calm subscription and a 24/7 EAP complement these supports.
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What We Do
Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. At Optum, we support your well-being with an understanding team, extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us, you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change, improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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Optum Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business and the responsibilities of each role. These models, core on‑site (5 days/week), hybrid (4 days/week) and telecommute or fully remote, vary by country, role and location.
